USA Gymnastics named its team for the 2017 World Championships in women’s gymnastics. The U.S. Women’s World Championships Team was determined at the conclusion of the selection camp at the USA Gymnastics National Team Training Center in Huntsville, Texas.

Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champion Centre, was named as the fittest female athlete in Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 issue, which honors the 50 most fit men and women across professional and Olympic sports.

Maile O'Keefe and Emma Malabuyo each won four events medals, including golds on balance beam and floor exercise, respectively, while Brody Malone picked up the high bar silver medal on the final day of International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Yokohama, Japan.

EVERETT, Wash. – The United States won the men’s gymnastics and women’s trampoline team titles, as well as the men’s trampoline team bronze, on the first day of the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships at the XFINITY Arena at Everett (Wash.). Competition continues tomorrow with the team and all-around finals in women’s and rhythmic gymnastics, and the men’s and women’s trampoline finals.

China’s Weifeng Cai took top honors in the men’s all-around, posting an 87.4500. The USA’s Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore, Md./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), was second at 87.200, followed by Sam Mikulak of Newport Beach, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), with 87.150.

In trampoline, the U.S. women brought home the team gold medal with a total of 292.085. Japan’s 290.741 landed them in second, with Canada rounding out the top three at 286.810.

Rhythmic gymnastics has completed two of the four events that determine the team and all-around champions. The USA is leading the team standings at 131.215. Canada is next with 112.479, and China tallied 107.881 points. Aliya Protto of Culver City, Calif./California Rhythms, and Lili Mizuno of Brentwood, Calif./Community Youth Center, sit atop the senior and junior all-around standings at the mid-point.

The top eight gymnasts in the trampoline and men’s event standings, with a maximum of two per country, have advanced to the event finals.

Complete results and start lists are available at pacrim2016.com. Below are the results and team summaries.

The various ticket packages for men’s and women’s gymnastics and trampoline at the XFINITY Arena may be purchased at the XFINITY Arena Box Office, charge by phone at 1-866-332-8499 or xfinityarenaeverett.com. Click here for links to the different ticket options.

Tickets for rhythmic gymnastics, which are held at the Walt Price Student Fitness Center at the Everett Community College, are general admission: $20 per day, April 8-9, and $25, April 10, plus any applicable fees. The rhythmic gymnastics competition schedule is: April 8-9, 2 p.m. – team and all-around finals (two events per day); and April 10, 1 p.m. – junior and senior individual event finals. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at xfinityarenaeverett.com.

For more information on the Pac Rim Championships, go to pacrim2016.com.

In addition to the 2012 and 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, the Seattle area has held three other major gymnastics events: the gymnastics competition at the 1990 Goodwill Games was staged in Tacoma, and Seattle was the site for the 1995 American Cup and 1973 women's national championships.

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